63 parts Complete MatureTheir smiles once lit up every stage.
They laughed until their ribs hurt, danced until their lungs burned, and leaned on each other like it was the most natural thing in the world.
To everyone else, they were perfect - a duo stitched together by fate, harmony in motion, laughter that echoed louder than any cheer.
But fame has a cruel way of rewriting innocence.
The cheers that once lifted them began to sound different. Sharper. Heavier.
"Just admit you love him already."
"Get him out of the group."
"HyunIn is real."
Words became knives, flying faster than they could dodge.
Suddenly, every touch was too much. Every look too long. Even silence had meaning now.
What used to be comfort began to feel dangerous - the way his shoulder felt under a hand, the way their eyes met in the middle of a joke.
It wasn't that they changed. It was that the world decided they had.
And when enough people say something long enough, you start to wonder if they might be right.
Was it friendship? Affection? Or were they just becoming what everyone already believed them to be?
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Written by me and my very good frnd @Veronicaiscaught
#1 in hyunlix - 23 august 2025